strongholds

英 [ˈstrɒŋhəʊldz]

美 [ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊldz]

n.  有广泛支持的地方; 势力强大的地方; 堡垒; 要塞; 据点; (某种动物的)主要栖息地
stronghold的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (持共同态度或信仰的人的)大本营，据点
  If you say that a place or region is astronghold ofa particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
  1. The westernmost part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers...
     北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。
  2. The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.
     这个选区是工党的大本营。
• N-COUNT (某种动物的)主要栖息地
  If you say that a place is astrongholdof a particular type of animal, you mean that more of that type of animal live there than in other places.
  1. Shetland is the last stronghold of otters in the British Isles.
     设得兰群岛是水獭在不列颠群岛上最后的栖息地。

双语例句

• But the government dispatched paramilitary forces to root out militant strongholds near Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
  但是，巴基斯坦政府还是派遣了准军事部队去消灭西北边境省首府白沙瓦附近的激进组织据点。
• It called for air strikes on the "strongholds of mercenaries" and a no-fly zone over the oil-rich North Africa state but not foreign troops on the ground.
  全国委员会呼吁对“政府雇佣军据点”实施空袭，并在这个北非富油国上空设立禁飞区，但不限制外国军队从陆路进入利比亚。
• The enemy was holed up in a few isolated strongholds.
  敌人龟缩在几个孤立的据点里。
• Dagger Lake is full of islands where they lurk in hidden caves and secret strongholds.
  达格湖里的众多岛屿是他们的聚居点和藏身地。
• The government has responded with a wave of air strikes against PKK strongholds in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
  政府以一系列的空袭打击了库尔德人控制的伊拉克北部的库尔德工人党据点。
• Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time
  摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
• Ancient Behemoths are the most powerful creature of the Strongholds.
  远古巨兽是据点里最强大的生物。
• They've pushed the Taliban out of their Afghan strongholds and finally put al Qaeda on the path to defeat.
  他们把塔利班赶出了在阿富汗的堡垒并最终迫使“基地”组织走上灭亡的道路。
• Kismayo is one of the strongholds of the al-Shabab rebels, who have banned all trade with government-controlled Dobley.
  当地的居民马哈穆德说，基斯马尤是青年党叛军的据点之一，他们在那里禁止和政府军控制的多布莱镇之间的买卖。
• The Taliban seized Kabul in1996 and captured most of the country outside of Northern Alliance strongholds primarily in the northeast.
  1996年，塔利班夺取喀布尔，并占领了除主要在东北活动的北方联盟之外的绝大部分领土。